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FUN AND GAMES - DUKE OF EDINBURGH AT ARUNDEL CASTLE FOR CRICKET MATCH The Duke of Edinburgh and the Duke of Norfolk captain rival cricket teams in aid of charit

SOBERS WEDDING The cricketer West Indian Gary Sobers marries Prudence Kirby.

SPORTS PAGE - CRICKET Test Cricket against South Africa

CRICKET 3RD TEST The third day of the Third Test cricket match takes place in Sydney, Australia.

CRICKET AT ARUNDEL CASTLE

MCC TEAM LEAVES FOR AUSTRALIA Footage of the MCC cricket team posing.

PEOPLE IN CAMERA - CRICKET Cricket in Australia.

WEATHER BEATS ENGLAND IN TEST WASH OUT Cricket - rain disrupts play in first test match between England and Australia. Australia beats England by 332 runs in Fi

THE SECOND TEST Cricket - Australia wins the second test against England in Sydney. England's first innings.

THE FOURTH TEST: LEN HUTTON MAKES HIS COMEBACK England cricketer Len Hutton returns to the wicket in the test match from Leeds.

ENGLAND PRAYS FOR RAIN AT MANCHESTER - THE THIRD TEST Poor start raises problem for the England's cricketers

AUSTRALIANS AT BALMORAL The Australian cricket team visit the Royal Family at Balmoral.

CRICKET NET PRACTICE Australian cricket team at practice at Lords Cricket Ground in London.

ONE MINUTE NEWS - PORTABLE CRICKET PITCH All weather and portable cricket wicket is demonstrated in London.

AUSTRALIA WINS OTHER ASHES Australia's women cricketers beat England's team at test in Sydney.

5th TEST MATCH CRICKET 5th test cricket match being played at the Oval

CAN BRITISH CRICKET REGAIN ITS OLD GLORY What can be done to improve the standard of British cricket.

TEST BREAKS CRICKET LAW - AND ENGLAND Good coverage of New Zealand beating England in Cricket test from Lords.

BRIAN CLOSE ROCKETS TO FAME Young cricketer Brian Close gets a call up for England - Len Hutton offers his congratulations.

DUKE OF EDINBURGH PLAYS CRICKET FOR ENGLAND

PRINCE PHILIP LEADS ENGLAND CRICKETERS Prince Philip plays in a charity cricket match with stars from England and Hampshire teams.

MCC FIND SECRET WEAPON English cricketers test out new mechanical bowling machine for training batsmen.

CROWDS AT LORDS CRICKET GROUND Excellent shots crowds at Lords.

CROWDS AT LORDS CRICKET GROUND Crowds queuing, buying refreshments, programmes and hiring cushions at Lords.

THIRD TEST MATCH - SECOND DAY'S PLAY Cricket match

THIRD TEST MATCH - SECOND DAY'S PLAY Cricket Match

MCC ARRIVE IN INDIA MCC team arrives in Bombay prior to playing its first Test Match against India in New Delhi.

FIRST TEST MATCH IN INDIA First test match between India and England.

DUKE AT LORDS MEMORIAL GALLERY (aka DUKE UNVEILS MEMORIAL TABLET) Prince Philip opens a gallery at Lords Cricket ground - a memorial to dead cricketers.

Selected Originals - FIGHT FOR THE ASHES - FINAL TEST MATCH AT THE OVAL Material relating to the newsreel story "Fight for the Ashes - Final Test Match at the

THE FIRST TEST Opening day of the First Test between England and South Africa at Johannesburg.

MILLIONS TAKE A BREATHER - DUKE PLAYS CRICKET IN AID OF NPFA

THIRD TEST MATCH Australian Prime Minister watches cricket match in Sydney.

THIS ISN'T CRICKET Charlie Drake and Dickie Henderson captain teams in comedians' charity cricket match.

YANK AT OXFORD PLAYS CRICKET American Peter Dawkins plays cricket.

MAMMOUTH SCORING IN FIRST TEST First test cricket match - Australia v West Indies.

COLLAPSO - WEST INDIES BEATEN BY NEW SOUTH WALES Cricket match between the West Indies and New South Wales in Sydney.

90,800 SET TEST MATCH RECORD Large crowds for Australia v West Indies cricket match.

WORCESTER V THE AUSTRALIANS - CRICKET

WORCESTER V THE AUSTRALIANS Cricket match between Worcester and the Australian team.

ENGLAND V AUSTRALIAN XI (aka MCC v NSW ) Cricket match between M.C.C. and Australia.

MCC V NSW Cricket match in Sydney. Marylebone Cricket Club v New South Wales.

AUSTRALIA V ENGLAND Cricket match between Australia and England.

AUSTRALIA V ENGLAND Australia V England cricket match in Australia

AUSTRALIA V. ENGLAND - SECOND TEST - England v Australia - Second test cricket

RALIA V. ENGLAND - FIFTH TEST AT SYDNEY

AUSTRALIA V. ENGLAND - FIFTH TEST AT SYDNEY

AUSTRALIA V. ENGLAND - SECOND TEST - England v Australia - Second test cricket

AUSTRALIA V ENGLAND Cricket - third test in Sydney.

PRIME MINISTER'S XI V DUKE OF NORFOLK'S XI IN CANBERRA Cricket match involving Prime Minister Menzies of Australia and Donald Bradman.

AUSTRALIA V ENGLAND - FOURTH TEST MATCH AT ADELAIDE

101st TEST - ENGLAND V AUSTRALIA Cricket footage - 101st Test.

CURVES AT THE OVAL Women's Test Match between England and Australia at the Oval, London.

TWO BOWLERS FOR SPEEDIER CRICKET New style of cricket with two bowlers.

RICHIE BENAUD PLAYS HIS LAST TEST MATCH Last test match for Australian cricketer Richie Benaud.

AUSTRALIAN CRICKETERS MEET DUTCH TEAM

AWARD FOR FRED TRUMAN Golden Ball award presented to Freddie Trueman.

England V. New Zealand -

MCC TOURING TEAM DEPARTS Members of the MCC touring team leave London Airport for the West Indies.

THE MANSION HOUSE - THE MCC RECEPTION Lord Mayor of London holds reception at Mansion House for cricketers.

CRICKET BAT COVER David Hulme, son of Joe Hulme, tests out new cover that prolongs life of cricket bats.

WAISTCOAT CLUB CRICKET Charity cricket match at Dulwich in aid of the Star and Garter home for servicemen.

AUSTRALIAS TEST TEAM Shots of the Australian cricket team leaving on liner Montrose.

CRICKET - SOON The youngsters the Hobbs and the Tates of the future are enthusiastically learning the lesson of a straight bat and to keep a good length at Lord

WEST INDIES CRICKETERS' GOOD SCORE

SOCIETY AND 'SUNSHINE' ETON V HARROW Eton V. Harrow cricket match

YOUNG YORKSHIRE TEST MATCH Charity cricket match raising funds for the General Infirmary.

CRICKET - RENTERS V EXHIBITORS Cricket match between Renters and Exhibitors, Pembroke, Wales.

ENGLISH TEST RECORD J. RUSSELL Cricketer Jack Russell equals 1909 record of scoring two centuries in one match.

ETON V HARROW LORDS Cricket match between rival public schools.

THE SECOND TEST

BATTLE OF THE ROSES Yorkshire take on Lancashire at cricket.

105 YEAR CRICKET RECORD BROKEN

THE 2ND TEST MATCH AT LORDS Various shots of crowds and game - 2nd Test Match 1926.

SECOND TEST MATCH Jack Hobbs and Herbert Sutcliffe play cricket at Lords.

88TH VARSITY CRICKET MATCH Annual varsity cricket match between Oxbridge universities.

ETON V. HARROW Public Schoolboy cricket match at Lord's Cricket Ground.

JUST LIKE NOTTINGHAM Heavy rain in Manchester stops first day's play in the fourth test.

ENGLAND TEST HEROES - THE OVAL Various shots of cricket match

THE ASHES ARE OURS England victorious against Australia in cricket.

ENGLANDS VICTORIOUS CAPTAIN A. P. F. Chapman, cricket captain, returns home after beating Australia.

CRICKET'S CLOSE DOWN Cricket at Scarborough - England v Australia.

CRICKET - MCC TEAMS IN BOMBAY Test cricket in Bombay.

"WE DON'T PLAY 'DOLLY' CRICKET!..." Shots of a Women's cricket match played between the Midlands and the North.

“A MATCH AT CRICKET” Two teams recreate an early cricket match in 18th century c

BRING THOSE ASHES BACK PLEASE? English cricketers on board their ship bound for

THIRD TEST MATCH England v Australia - cricket test match at the Old Trafford, Manchester.

THE TEST FOR THE FIRST TEST A look at the new line up of the England cricket team, captained by A.W. Carr.

SPORTS FESTIVAL Good item showing the Sports Festival at Crystal Palace, London.

KING GEORGE MEMORIAL Lord Derby makes an appeal for funds to enable national playing fields to be established as a memorial to the late King George V.

FASHIONABLE BLUES High society gathers at Lords to watch the annual cricket match between Eton and Harrow.

AUSTRALIAN TEST TEAM ON ONE ORFORD Australian cricketers on deck of Orford on their way to Southampton.

THE FINAL TEST The first day of the final Test with South Africa batting

REAL SPORTSMANSHIP A London organisation sets up a cricket match for the unemployed.

AUSTRALIA'S CRICKET TEST HOPES British Pathe presents Australian cricketers who are coming to England for test match.

MEET THE AUSTRALIAN TEST TEAM Australian cricketers arrive to England.

BIG HITS Australia's cricketers welcomed by the Institute of Journalists - Prime Minister present.

AUSTRALIANS OPEN THEIR TOUR Australian cricketers open their tour playing against Worcester.

THE TEST MATCH Beware - other items share this title Australia wins the first cricket test match against England by 238 runs.

FIRST TEST MATCH Australia beats England in the first test match in Nottingham.

THE TEST MATCH Beware - other items share this title Second Test Match between England and Australia is played at Lords Ground.

THIRD TEST MATCH Third Test Match between England and Australia starts at Old Trafford.

TEST MATCH FIZZLES OUT Poor performance of English cricketers during the Third Test Match against Australia.

FOURTH TEST MATCH Australia leads after the second day of the Fourth Test Match against England.

A WASH OUT Fourth cricket test match between England and Australia is stopped due to heavy rain.

THE FINAL TEST First day of the Final Test Match between England and Australia.

THE FINAL TEST MATCH Australia wins the final test match against England.

CLOSING PHASES OF THE TEST MATCH AT THE OVAL The final days play in the Test Match between South Africa and England at the Oval.

CRICKET - SOUTH AFRICA V AUSTRALIA (aka SECOND TEST MATCH IN SOUTH AFRICA) Cricket - Australia draw with South Africa during the Second test match in Johannesbu

NEWS IN A NUTSHELL - CRICKET ALL INDIA

ENGLAND V INDIA International cricket between India and England at Lords.

NEWS IN A NUTSHELL - OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE CRICKET MATCH

NEWS IN A NUTSHELL - ETON V. HARROW CRICKET

NEWS IN A NUTSHELL - FINISH OF THE FINAL TEST MATCH AT THE OVAL

NEWS IN A NUTSHELL - ASHDOWN AND WENSLEY V. WITTERSHAM

NEWS IN A NUTSHELL - GLOUCESTER CRICKET CLUB PREPARES FOR COMING SEASON

NEWS IN A NUTSHELL - FIRST WOMEN'S TEST CRICKET AT NORTHAMPTON

NEWS IN A NUTSHELL - NEW ZEALAND V. ENGLAND AT LORDS

NEWS IN A NUTSHELL - OXFORD V. CAMBRIDGE AT LORDS

MANCHESTER: RAIN AT LAST Rain stops play in the 4th test match at Old Trafford in Manchester, but eventually the game goes ahead.

OXFORD V CAMBRIDGE CRICKET Cricket match between Oxford and Cambridge

CINEMA RENTERS CRICKET Cinema Renters versus Exhibitors cricket match

86TH VARSITY CRICKET MATCH Cricket match at Lords.

BRAVO JACK HOBBS Cricketer Jack Hobbs breaks records by scoring his 7th century.

HERBERT SUTCLIFFE Cricketer Herbert Sutcliffe receives a very warm welcome when he returns home to Pudsey.

THE FIRST TEST

Bravo England And Bravo Braiman Too!

LET US TAKE YOU BACK 25 YEARS (aka THE SECOND TEST) A flashback look at the 1905

CRICKET OUT TAKES

WOMAN'S CRICKET TEST Nice footage of a women's cricket match in Beckenham, Kent.

THEY'RE WELL AFTER THOSE "ASHES" Various shots of Australian cricket team

DENIS COMPTON Cricketer Denis Compton teaches his five year old son the game.

ENGLAND V INDIA TEST CRICKET Second Test Cricket Match at Manchester - England versus India.

ENGLAND V AUSTRALIA: CRICKET Cricket match featuring England and Australia.

DUKE OF EDINBURGH CRICKET Duke of Edinburgh plays cricket in aid of National Playing Fields Association.

Selected Originals - SYDNEY - ENGLAND WINS SECOND TEST Material relating to newsreel story "Sydney - England Wins Second Test" - 54/101.

BRISBANE - FIRST TEST REPORT Australians win the first test mach against English in Brisbane.

SYDNEY - ENGLAND WINS SECOND TEST Footage of cricket match between Australia and England.

TEST MATCH RESULT selected originals Material relating to newsreel story "Test Match Result" - 53/49

Selected Originals - THE DUKE WITH THE AUSSIES (aka AUSSIES V EAST MOLSEY) Material relating to newsreel story "The Duke With The Aussies" - 53/31.

LEEDS TEST MATCH (aka THE FOURTH TEST MACH) England lose 6 players for only 142 on the first day of the Fourth Test Match

THE DUKE WITH THE AUSSIES Prince Philip watches the visiting Australian cricket team in a warm up match.

LEEDS TEST RESULT The last stages of play in the Fourth Test at Headingly, between Australia and England.

LORD'S TEST MATCH The start of the second test match at Lord's between England and Australia.

Selected Originals - LEEDS TEST MATCH RESULT Material relating to the newsreel story "Leeds Test Result" - 53/57.

TEST MATCH RESULT selected originals Material relating to newsreel story "Test Match Result" - 53/49

Selected Originals - LEEDS TEST MATCH RESULT Material relating to the newsreel story "Leeds Test Result" - 53/57.

Selected Originals - LEEDS TEST MATCH RESULT Material relating to newsreel story "Leeds Test Result" 53/57

Selected Originals - LEEDS TEST MATCH RESULT Material relating to Newsreel story "Leeds Test Result" 53/57

TEST MATCH RESULT Final stages of second test match between England and Australia at Lord's, Middlesex.

THIRD TEST RESULT Scenes from the Old Trafford third cricket test match between England and Australia.

SPORTS - LANCASHIRE BOWLERS TO AUSTRALIA. Selected Originals for 51/5 "Sports - Lancashire Bowlers to Australia".

FAREWELL DANCE FOR WEST INDIES XI. The West Indian cricket team enjoy dance put on for them in Hammersmith, London.

WEST INDIES CRICKETERS LOOK 'AUSSIE' CLASS. West Indian touring team prepare in the nets at Lords before facing England.

Selected Originals - SALES STORM AND SUNSHINE - TEST MATCH IN AUSTRALIA. Material related to newsreel story "Sales, Storm and Sunshine - Test Match in Australia

THE PRINCESS AT NPF BALL Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret at National Playing Fields ball at Grosvenor House.

FUTURE CRICKETERS Professional cricketers coach young hopefuls.

KING GEORGE VI MEETS ENGLAND CRICKETERS King George VI meets England and Indian cricket teams.

HARRY ROY Band leader Harry Roy and his musicians play cricket and music.

CRICKET 2ND TEST 3RD & 4TH DAYS PLAY Various shots of play from 2nd Cricket test between England and Australia in Sydney.

JACK HOBBS THE WORLD FAMOUS CRICKETER

JACK HOBBS - THE WORLD-FAMOUS CRICKETER

MR JARDINE ... SPEAKS AT LAST! Douglas Jardine, English Cricket Captain, visits International Sporting Trophies Exhibition.

HENRY HALL Henry Hall and his BBC Dance Orchestra play cricket then play 'Here's To The Next Time'.

OUR CRICKET VISITORS Good C/Us of West Indian cricket team in 1928.

CONSTANTINE - THE COLOURED CATAPULT cricket match between England and the West Indies

THE SECOND TEST England beats the West Indies in second cricket test.

HATS OFF TO THE "YORKSHIRE TWINS" Close up shot of a cricketer - Herbert Sutclif

A FEMININE BRADMAN Women's cricket played at Cobham in Surrey.

A FINE START South Africa plays Leicester at cricket.

WE WANT THOSE ASHES THIS YEAR M.C.C. Board of Control in session.

COUNTRY CRICKET Amateur cricket match on a late sunny afternoon.

VARSITY CRICKET CENTENARY Cricket at Lords.

BRAVO ROY Cricketer Roy Kilner gets a warm welcome from his family on his return from Australian tour.

ENGLAND VS SOUTH AFRICA Cricket match at Lord's between England and South Africa.

WELL PLAYED EVERYBODY Victorious M.C.C. cricket team return from South Africa and autograph a cricket bat.

A DR GRACE IN PETTICOATS Miss Muriel Maxted playing cricket

ENGLISH TEST RECORD J. RUSSELL Cricketer Jack Russell equals 1909 record of scoring two centuries in one match.

SOUTH AFRICAN CRICKETERS Various portraits of South African cricketers - we see their technique in slow motion.

GENTLMEN V PLAYERS Young University students take on the professionals - including Jack Hobbs

THE MASTER'S RECORD EQUALLED Cricketer Jack Hobbs scores his 126th century to congratulations from crowd and colleagues.

SIR JACK HOBBS AND SUTCLIFFE - FIRST TEST Various shots of cricket match featuring Jack Hobbs and Herbert Sutcliffe.

A GREAT HOMECOMING ( aka CRICKETERS' HOMECOMING ) Duke and Duchess of York return along with A.E.R. Gilligan and the M.C.C. team.

“THE MORE THE BETTER” The Duke of Gloucester makes a speech in praise of the Nat

CRICKETS COMING STAR Young cricketer Hammond is given a presentation.

CRICKET AID Device is demonstrated which helps in cricket technique training.

SOUTH AFRICAN CRICKET TEAM Good close shots of the South African team, with slow motion bowling and batting shots.

COME ON STEVE Racing Press beat Jockeys in charity cricket match for St. Dunstan's.

HIS MAJESTY AT LORDS Test Match between England and New Zealand at Lord's - King George VI meets players.

COWDREY TRIES AUTO-BOWLER Cricketer Colin Cowdrey tests out new automatic bowling machine at his home in Kent.

THE QUEEN AT LORDS The Queen meets the teams - England V Australia 2nd test match from Lords.

QUEEN MEETS TEST MEN The Queen at Lords to see the conclusion of second test match - England V New Zealand.

MCC OFF: GOOD LUCK! Members of the MCC Cricket team set off for tour of Australia.

NZS TAKE FIRST KNOCK Cricket match at Arundel between New Zealand and Duke of Norfolk's eleven.

QUEEN SEES TEST MATCH The Queen sees the Second Test Match between England and Australia at Lords.

WAS IT CRICKET? Celebrities play cricket against local team to raise money for boys' clubs. Bedfordshire.

NEWS ABOUT CRICKET - MILLER AND JOHNSON RECEIVE OBE Australian cricketers honoured by Queen.

NEWS ABOUT CRICKET - REVEREND DAVID SHEPPARD CHOSEN FOR TEST

CITY FETES WEST INDIANS Lord Mayor of London is a host to West Indies cricketers.

OFF BEAT BALL Duke of Edinburgh has a night out with the Lord's Taverners.

QUEEN NEARLY SEES TEST! Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip meet South African and English cricket teams. Lords.

SALES STORM AND SUNSHINE - WINTER SALES

PORTCHESTER CASTLE A visit to Porchester Castle and cricket pitch

THE QUEEN VISITS THE OVAL Queen visits estate in Kennington on her way to cricket match at the Oval.

MCC MAKE TEST START First Test cricket between England and Australia in Brisbane.

NEWS IN FLASHES Antiapartheid demonstrators.

NEWS IN FLASHES Prince Philip and South African cricket team.

AUSSIES' LUNCH DATE (aka AUSTRALIAN TEST CRICKET TEAM LUNCH AT THE DORCHESTER HOTEL) The touring Australian cricket team are given a lunch at the Dorchester.

AUSSIES FIRST DAY IN ENGLAND Australian cricket team visit Sir Joseph Cook

RECORD BREAKING CRICKET Lots of records broken in New South Wales cricket match.

THE ONE TEST WE DID WIN Cricketers Hobbs and Sutcliffe receive gifts from Australian team in Melbourne.

A GREAT WELCOME Large crowds greet Australian cricket team.

ETON V HARROW CRICKET MATCH traditional cricket match between public schools.

LONG ROOM'S LONG TRIP A replica of Lords' Long Room will be seen in Australia - Pathe show the real thing.

SEA CRICKET Girls play game of sea cricket beside Bournemouth Pier.

QUEEN AT LORDS - Technicolor Queen greets cricketers during the second test between England and West Indies at Lords.

TURF DRIER turf drying machine in use on the Oval in Kennington, London.

(CRICKET CUTS) Various cuts from unidentified cricket match.

AT LAST The English cricket team wins the first test for eight years against South Africa.

MAY THE LUCK BE EVEN AND THE BEST TEAM WIN players of the South African cricket team.

1ST TEST S. AFRICA 1928 cricket match between England and South Africa.

HOLIDAYS AT HOME THIS YEAR A range of activities, including many sports, are offered as an alternative to the annual holiday.

TO AUSTRALIA FOR THE ASHES. The England cricket team prepare to leave for Ashes tour of Australia.

AUSTRALIANS TOUR OPENS AT WORCESTER Bradman hits his first century at the opening of Australian tour against Worcester.

DENIS COMPTON DOES IT Denis Compton scores 100th Century.

Selected Originals - FIRST TEST Material relating to newsreel story FIRST TEST - 62/100.

BOYS BRIGADE OLYMPIC STARS? Members of Boys Brigade get sports training at the Lilleshall training centre in Shropshire.

AUSTRALIANS ARRIVE. The Australian cricket team arrives for the Ashes series. Tilbury, Essex.

Selected Originals - QUEEN AT LORDS - Technicolor Material related to newsreel story "Queen at Lords" - 63/53.

AUSTRALIA'S TEST TEAM Members of the Australian Cricket Team for the English tour are introduced.

WITH M.C.C. IN AUSTRALIA The M.C.C. have their first practise on Sydney cricket ground in Australia.

THE TEST MATCH AT SYDNEY Cricket - England take on Australia at the test match in Sydney.

THIRD TEST MATCH AT MELBOURNE Third test match between England and Australia in Melbourne.

NOW FOR THE SECOND TEST! England Vs Australia cricket - the second test at Melbo

AUSTRALIA WINS SECOND TEST Don Bradman plays a great game in the Second Test aga

THE THIRD TEST Bodyline bowling is used by English cricketers to scare Australia

SPRING SCENES Blossoms, love, cricket and children playing as the spring comes.

CRICKET IN IRELAND An item about a cricket match between Leinster and University College at Rathmines.

THROWING: IS IT CRICKET? Controversial throw - Bedser twins show the difference between throwing and legal delivery.

TEST MATCH - FIRST (aka FIRST TEST DRAMA) England build up a handsome lead against Australia but weather threatens their victory chances.

AUSTRALIAN CRICKETERS ARRIVE Press conference for the Australian cricket team arriving to England to contest the Ashes.

MCC ON THEIR TOES English cricket stars get in some early practice during their tour of Australia.

ARP RELAX Amateur cricket match - players are off duty members of the ARP.

DUKE MEETS AUSSIES The Duke of Edinburgh meets the Australian cricket team at Lords, Middlesex.

LORDS TEST MATCH Australia wins second test match at Lords Cricket Ground, London.

WINCHESTER COLLEGE Shots of Winchester College, all boys school.

SPORTS - LANCASHIRE BOWLERS FOR AUSTRALIA.

NEWS ABOUT CRICKET - STARS ORGANIZATION FOR CHARITY CRICKET MATCH

FIRST TEST DRAMA Bad luck hits the Australians in the firs day at Nottingham.

THRILLING FIGHT IN VITAL FOUTH TEST Coverage of the 4th test in Adelaide.

A CRICKET SENSATION Australia choose new captain - William Malden Woodfull.

OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE AT LORDS High society gathers for traditional cricket match between Oxford and Cambridge at Lords.

SEVENOAKS CRICKET BI-CENTENARY Sevenoaks cricket match marks the two centuries of the game.

CRICKET 4TH TEST AUSTRALIA 1946 Various shots of the 4th cricket test in Australia.

FIRST TEST MATCH AT NOTTINGHAM The First Test Match between England and Australia at Nottingham.

"HOT DOG" (VERY!) a dog that plays wicket keeper in a game of cricket.

CRICKET Cricket match in country setting.

ASHES GO TO AUSTRALIA Cricket

THE THIRD TEST MATCH (aka 3RD TEST - BRADMAN)

ENGLAND WIN FIRST TEST 1932 Australia v England cricket match in 1932.

Bravo England And Bravo Braiman Too!

INDOOR CRICKET! Cricket lessons are given in a "big West End Store".

FAMOUS COUNTY CRICKET TEAMS NO. 1 - GLOUCESTERSHIRE

FAMOUS COUNTY CRICKET TEAMS NO. 2 - NOTTINGHAMSHIRE

FAMOUS COUNTY CRICKET TEAM NO. 3 - LANCASHIRE Good footage of Lancashire County Cricket team in training.

FAMOUS COUNTY CRICKET TEAMS NO. 5 - YORKSHIRE

CRICKET BATS All the processes involved in making cricket bats are shown.

BOWLING MACHINE England cricketer Colin Cowdrey practises in his garden with the help of his bowling machine.

SCHOOL FOR CRICKET Teenage boys receive instruction from professional cricketers at a cricket school in London.

NEWS IN A NUTSHELL Third Test from Leeds.

AUSTRALIA MEETS MCC Footage of cricket match between the MCC and Australia

AUSTRALIA STARTS The Australian cricket team in training

PEEPS THROUGH THE WINDOW OF THE WORLD NO. 2 Cricket pitches and equipment to keep them in shape.

PEEPS THROUGH THE WINDOW OF THE WORLD NO. 2 Cricket practice.

THAT "BODYLINE" ARGUMENT Animated diagrams by Joe Noble explain the difference between normal and bodyline bowling in cricket.

JACK HOBBS BENEFIT AT THE OVAL Nice C/Us of Surrey cricketers Ducat, Sandham and Jack Hobbs. Footage of charity match.

WELL PLAYED EVERYBODY Victorious M.C.C. cricket team return from South Africa and autograph a cricket bat.

FOOTBALL AGAIN The cricket season ends and football begins.

MCC TEAM LEAVING SOUTH AFRICA

ENGLANDS FINE WIN Short shot of cricketers walking from pavilion on to ground.

CRICKET'S ANCESTOR An old game called Stoolball, similar to cricket, is played by Society of Sussex Downsmen.

CRICKET BATS Cricket bats are made from specially grown willow trees in Victoria, Australia.

CRICKETER BOAT MAKER (aka CRICKETER WOODWORKER) England and Yorkshire cricketer Arthur Wood makes wooden model ships.

THE FIGHT FOR THE ASHES aka THE AUSTRALIANS ARE HERE Australians arrive in Britain to play for the Ashes.

English cricketers of the 1920s.

THE FIGHT TO THE FINISH TEST Various shots of crowds arriving at the Oval and Australia playing England.

YOUTH V. AGE Fun cricket match with team in period costumes representing age of W.G. Grace.

GOOD LUCK GO WITH YOU Manager Pelham Warner and England cricket team on ship bound for Argentina.

ETON V. HARROW Governors maters sister brothers sweethearts and chums come in their thousands to see their heroes battle in the public schoolboys' test.

HENRY HALL Henry Hall and his BBC Dance Orchestra play cricket then play 'Here's To The Next Time'.

Crickett Players

Selected Originals - THIRD TEST MATCH + LORD'S TEST MATCH (Cuts tin 1) Material relating to newsreel stories "Third Test Match" 53/52 + "Lord's Test Match" 53/4

Selected Originals - THIRD TEST MATCH + LORD'S TEST MATCH (Cuts tin 2) Material relating to newsreel stories "Third Test Match" 53/52 + "Lord's Test Match" 53/4

Selected Originals - THIRD TEST MATCH + LORD'S TEST MATCH (Cuts tin 3) Material relating to newsreel stories "Third Test Match" 53/52 + "Lord's Test Match" 53/4

FIGHT FOR THE ASHES - FINAL TEST AT THE OVAL Up-to-the-minute scenes in the fifth and decisive Test Match.

Tennis and Cricket

MELBOURNE Cricket teams leave pitch at end of match. Crowds come onto the pitch to celebrate.

CRICKET IN RHODESIA Colonialists' Cricket In Rhodesia

ETON & HARROW AT LORD'S ( aka IN THE GOOD OLD DAYS ) Crowds watch Eton and Harrow public schools play match at Lord's Cricket Club.

PATSY HENDREN ENGLAND / MIDDLESEX CRICKETER Various shots of the Cricketer Patsy Hendren at play.

Amateur Cricket

Selected Originals LEN HUTTON RETIRES - UNDEFEATED

Selected Originals - AUSTRALIAN CRICKETERS ARRIVE. Material relating to newsreel story "Australian Cricketers Arrive" - 56/34

Selected Originals LEN HUTTON RETIRES - UNDEFEATED

Selected Originals - AUSTRALIAN CRICKETERS IN TRAINING (aka AUSSIES GET TO WORK)

1948 TEST CRICKET Good footage of the 3rd Test match between England and Australia.

FOURTH TEST MATCH - LEEDS Two unidentified teams play cricket in the fourth test match at Leeds, Yorkshire. Soundtrack missing.

AUSTRALIAN CRICKET AND THE DUKE OF NORFOLK

WOMEN CRICKET Girl cricketers are featured - some of the spectators sit and knit.

2ND TEST MATCH 2ND TO 6TH DAYS Cricket - Item showing the second test match. Australia.

JERRY THE TROUBLESOME TYKE - JERRY'S TEST TRIAL Animation featuring that naughty dog Jerry - this week Jerry has a game of cricket.

GOOD LUCK WITH BAT AND BALL P.G.H. Fender, Woolley and Hobbs show their cricket skills in the third test match.

101ST TEST MATCH The referee tosses a coin at the beginning of the 101st Test Match, we briefly see the players on the pitch.

CRICKET BUILD UP Close shots of unknown cricket batsman at stumps during play.

THE FIFTH FINAL "FIGHT TO THE FINISH" TEST England playing well at the Oval.

NEWS IN A NUTSHELL South African cricket team.

AUSTRALIAN CRICKETERS FOR ENGLAND TOUR The Australian cricket team is off to England to fight for the Ashes.

A REET NIGHT AHT Lady Docker and Len Hutton seen at some kind of charity event.

CRICKET 2ND TEST 3RD DAYS PLAY Various shots of play from 2nd Cricket test between England and Australia in Sydney.

COUNTRY CRICKET Amateur cricket match on a late sunny afternoon.

AUSTRALIA'S SPLENDID START the players walking onto the pitch and various shots of the cricket match - Australia v Leicester

LEN HUTTON - PUDSEY Cricketer Len Hutton is honoured at a dinner in his hometown of Pudsey, Yorkshire.

AUSTRALIA V ENGLAND - FOURTH TEST MATCH AT ADELAIDE

SPRING SCENES Blossoms, love, cricket and children playing as the spring comes.

ETON VS. HARROW the glamorous men and women attending the Eton v Harrow cricket match at Lords.

JAMAICA - AUSSIES WIN FIRST TEST Cricket - Australia beats West Indies by nine wickets.

1948 TEST CRICKET - ENGLAND V AUSTRALIA Good footage of the 3rd Test match between England and Australia.

Amateur Cricket Match

COMIC CRICKETERS

ADELAIDE CRICKET An item showing cricketers practising at Adelaide in Australia. Soundtrack missing.

AUSTRALIAN CRICKETERS IN TRAINING (aka AUSSIES GET TO WORK) Australia's test cricketers get down to serious practice at the nets at Lords.

ENGLAND V. NEW ZEALAND - 2nd TEST Cricket match between England and New Zealand.

CECIL PARKIN - THE UNORTHODOX Cricketer Parkin's Ball Stopping Trick

CRICKET Cricket in Ireland.

CRICKET SOUTH AFRICA V WORCESTER Cricket match between Worcester and South Africa.

ENGLAND LOSE THE ASHES England cricket team lose the Ashes to the Australians in the match in Sydney.

CRICKET 2ND TEST 5TH & 6TH DAYS PLAY Various shots of play from 2nd Cricket test between England and Australia in Sydney.

DUKE OF NORFOLK XI VERSUS SOUTH AFRICA CRICKET Cricket match between Duke of Norfolk XI and South Africa at Arundel Castle, West Sussex.

TEST PRELIM Cricket - M.C.C. in action against Australian XI with Colin McCool as star bowler.

COMIC CRICKETERS Clown cricket players.

4TH TEST CRICKET AUSTRALIA 1946 Shots of the 4th cricket test. Australia.

LONDON - ENGLAND V THE REST OF THE WORLD Cricket match between England and The Rest of the World at Lord's Cricket Ground, London.

SECOND TEST MATCH AT MANCHESTER

AUSTRALIA RETAINS THE ASHES Australian cricketers win the Ashes, and we see England's skipper H.S. Tennyson with his arm in a sling.

Ranji. Cricketer Ranji Returns

TEST MATCH ENGLAND V INDIA Cricket

WIDE WIDE WORLD - AUSTRALIA Cricket - the English test team take on Victoria at Melbourne, Australia.

AUSTRALIANS PRACTICE AT LORDS The Australian cricket team practice at Lord's Cricket Ground.

TRIBUTE TO LEN HUTTON Stage and sporting personalities gather at Cafe Royal to pay tribute to cricketer Len Hutton.

CRICKET DOWN UNDER Footage of benefit cricket match in aid of Alan Kippax at Waverly, Australia.

LEN HUTTON RETIRES - UNDEFEATED Len Hutton retires from cricket - highlights of his career.

CRICKET 2ND TEST 5TH & 6TH DAYS PLAY Various shots of play from 2nd Cricket test between England and Australia in Sydney.

CAMERA INTERVIEWS - JACK HOBBS Cricketer Jack Hobbs on Field

PRINCE CHARLES PLAYING CRICKET A young Prince Charles has a go at cricket.

SALES STORM AND SUNSHINE - TEST MATCH IN AUSTRALIA

GRAVESEND (aka WEST INDIES CRICKET XI) West Indian team play charity match in Gravesend, Kent.

TEST XI OFF DOWN UNDER England's test cricketers depart for Australia.

CRICKET - LANCS V. YORKS Cricket match between Lancashire and Yorkshire.

CHESSINGTON CRICKET Surrey team cricketers spend the day coaching young boys

SECOND TEST MATCH - FIRST & SECOND DAYS Australia v England Cricket Match

AUSTRALIAN CRICKETERS Good footage of members of the Australian cricket team.

JACK HOBB'S RETIREMENT Cricketer Jack Hobbs retires from the game, memorial gates at the entrance to the Oval are erected in his honour.

CRICKET ON GREEN - NORWOOD GREEN Regulars of the Wolf Inn beat the patrons of the Lamb Inn at a cricket match on Norwood Green.

ENGLAND TEST TEAM ON THE WAY The English test cricket team, led by Wally Hammond, leave for Australia.

ILKLEY Footage of a women's cricket match between Yorkshire and Lancashire at Ilkley.

HOW'S THAT? SOME CRICKET REVELATIONS Surrey Cricket Team

OVAL CRICKET GROUND USED BY ARMY FOR TRAINING

CRICKET MATCH (aka OLD TIMERS) Veterans cricket match is organised in Australia.

1948 TEST CRICKET Good footage of the 3rd Test match between England and Australia.

CRICKET 2ND TEST 5TH & 6TH DAYS PLAY Various shots of play from 2nd Cricket test between England and Australia in Sydney.

FIGHT-TO-THE-FINISH TEST Australia win the 1930 Ashes series after massive inn

SOLDIERS SPORTS MEETING Sports day for soldiers: obstacle courses, steeplechase and cricket match against women.

EXIT CRICKET - ENTER FOOTBALL Cricket season ends as the football season starts.

SOUTH AFRICAN CRICKET TEAM ARRIVE

CRICKET 4TH TEST AUSTRALIA 1946 Various shots of the 4th cricket test in Australia.

WORCESTER V AUSTRALIANS - CRICKET Cricket match between Australian and Worcester teams.

AUSTRALIAN WOUNDED Wounded Australian and British soldiers eating and playing cricket.

MAKING CRICKET BALLS Traditional way of making cricket balls by hand in Kent.

CRICKET BALL TO MRS TYSON Mother of cricketer Frank Tyson is presented with a special cricket ball.

MCC TEAM LEAVING SOUTH AFRICA

WOMEN CRICKETERS Shots of schoolgirls playing cricket - some of the match is seen in slow motion as is bowling practice.

2ND TEST MATCH 2ND TO 6TH DAYS Cricket - Item showing the second test match. Australia.

COWDREY RECEIVES MEDAL England and Kent cricket captain is awarded the Edward Hardy Gold medal for his services.

THIRD TEST MATCH - OLD TRAFFORD The Third Test Match is washed out by rain in Manchester.

CRICKET 2ND TEST 5TH & 6TH DAYS PLAY Various shots of play from 2nd Cricket test between England and Australia in Sydney.

WHAT'S WRONG COMPETITION Cinemagoers are invited to write in identifying the "deliberate mistake" in the film.

THIRD TEST CRICKET - THIRD DAY Good footage of the Third Test match between England and Australia.

PRINCE CHARLES PLAYING CRICKET A young Prince Charles has a go at cricket.

CRICKET 2ND TEST 5TH & 6TH DAYS PLAY Various shots of play from 2nd Cricket test between England and Australia in Sydney.

IRISH CRICKET SEASON OPENS a cricket match in Dublin and some of the Australian cricket team posing for the camera.

THE FIFTH FINAL "FIGHT TO THE FINISH" TEST England playing well at the Oval.

AROUND HERM Cliff Richard camps with a group of young people on the Channel Island of Herm.

CRICKET IN RHODESIA Colonialists' Cricket In Rhodesia

TEST MATCH - OLD TRAFFORD The Third Test Match is called off because of bad weather. Old Trafford, Manchester.

AUSTRALIA WINS THE ASHES Cricket - Australia win the Ashes against England. Leeds, Yorkshire.

CRICKET BATS A short item showing the process of making of cricket bats.

CRICKET - POLITICIANS V. THE STAGE Politicians and actors meet on the cricket field - Richard Attenborough is injured.

CHAMPIONS AGAIN Middlesex win cricket's County Championships at Lords for second year running.

CRICKET SOUTH AFRICA V WORCESTER Cricket match between Worcester and South Africa.

SECOND TEST MATCH AT LORDS England play Australia in the Second Test Match at Lords.

BIG CRICKET SINGLES OUT TOUR PROBABLES

ANCIENT GAME OF STOOLBALL Young women play ancient game of stoolball (like cricket) on village green.

EVE TAKES UP CRICKET College Girls' Cricket Match

CRICKETERS LEAVING Australia's cricket test team leaves for England.

NEWS IN A NUTSHELL opening of the Wanderers cricket club.

AUSTRALIAN BROTHERS CRICKET ELEVEN The 11 Ackworth brothers make up a cricket team and also hold boxing trophies. Australia.

CAMERA INTERVIEWS - TICH FREEMAN Tich Freeman the cricketer is seen bowling and batting - both in real time and slow motion.

DUKE OF NORFOLK XI VERSUS SOUTH AFRICA CRICKET Cricket match between Duke of Norfolk XI and South Africa.